Abstract
Emerald (3BeO{\cdot}Al$_{2}$O_{3}{\cdot}6SiO_2 : Cr^{3+}$) single crystals were grown by flux method of $Li_2O-MoO_3 - V_2O_5$ system. The composition of starting materials were 1, 3, 5 mole ratio of $MoO_3 - V_2O_5/$Li_2O$, 20 - 15% of emerald content to flux composition and 1% of $Cr_2O_3$ colordopant to emerald composition. After mixing those were melted at $1100^{\circ}C$ in Pt crucible of electric furnace. Single crystal growth was cooled down slowly rate of $3^{\circ}C$/hr from $1100^{\circ}C$ to $650^{\circ}C$, for the cooling period it was controlled and prevented the nucleation of microcrystallite from variation of each thermal fluctuation range. Specially it has been obtained plenty of large emerald single crystal when thermal fluctuation was treated for cooling period at $1050 ~ 950^{\circ}C$, in 3 mole ratio of $V_2O_5 - MoO_3/Li_2O$ flux. Emerald single crystal growing effect and $Cr_{+3}$ ion of substitutional solid solution effect for $Al_{+3}$ ion was good than mole ratio of 5. Emerald single crystals were c (0001) hexagonal rystal face of preferencial direction and m (1010) post side. Emerald was hexagonal columnar greenish transparent and 2.65 ~ 2.66 of specific gravity.
천연 베릴을 이용하여 $V_20_5$, $Mo0_3$, $Li_2O$계 융제 및 첨가제 조성, 베렬의 용해도 그 리고 결정성장 온도와 같은 결정성창 조건을 제어하여 에메랄드 단결정을 성장시켰다. Flux와 첨가제를 조정하여 저온($1100^{\circ}C$ 이하)에셔 용해성이 높은 과포화 용융체를 만들고 온도 구배 (${\Delta}t 100^{\circ}C$), 열진동 효과 등을 정멀 제어 조정하므로써 고품질의 대형 emerald 단결정을 성장 시킬 수 있었다. 성장된 에메랄드 단결정의 특성은 굴절률 : 1.56 - 1.57, 비중 : 2.65 - 2.67인 6각 주상($c^*m$ : 1000, 1010)의 취록색 투명 단결정이였다.